Hydrochloric Acid → [4-(4-Fluorophenyl)phenyl]methanol

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To a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (2.86 g, 74.4 mmol) in THF (300 ml) at 0°, is added methyl 4'-fluoro-4-biphenylyl-carboxylate (8.67 g. 37.7 mmol) as a solution in THF (100 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred for 1 hour and subsequently allowed to warm to room temperature. The reaction mixture is chilled to 0° and 2N HCl (100 ml) is slowly added. The resulting mixture then is extracted with Et2O (2×150 ml). The combined organic portions are washed with saturated NaHCO3 solution (400 ml), saturated NaCl solution (400 ml), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to yield 4'-fluoro-4-biphenylyl-methanol as a white solid.

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